JP6552259B2 - IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an image communication apparatus, a control method thereof, and a program.

  Conventionally, when a user uses a device, a request for authentication of the user is made. In that case, the user authenticates the user using the touch panel or the IC card, and can use the device only after the authentication is successful.

  Furthermore, in order to improve operability and security by using user authentication information, destination address information shared by conventional devices can also be managed on a per-user basis by using a "personal address book". It is available. While the conventional address book (hereinafter referred to as shared address book) can be commonly used by users of devices, the "personal address book" can only be used by authenticated users.

  In such an environment, frequently used destinations for a certain user are often registered in the "personal address book" of that user. Also, from the viewpoint of security, destinations which are not desired to be disclosed to other users are often registered in the “personal address book” as well. For this reason, on a device that can use the "personal address book", only the "personal address book" is displayed to the user, or the address registered in the "personal address book" An image processing apparatus has been proposed in which it is possible to select whether or not to open the document. (See Patent Document 1)

JP, 2013-106297, A

  On the other hand, transfer processing for transferring a document received by the device to another destination is also conventionally performed. In this transfer process, according to the transfer setting registered in the device, the device automatically transfers the received document that matches the transfer condition to the designated transfer destination. The setting of the transfer conditions and the setting of the transfer destination are often performed by the administrator. Further, setting the transfer destination becomes easy by enabling the transfer destination to be selected from the address book addresses registered in the device. Here, an "administrator's address book" that can not be edited by general users is provided so that the transfer destination set by the administrator is not changed by a general user, and a destination registered in this address book may be set as the transfer destination. It has been done.

  In addition, even if the administrator of a device performs the transmission by operating the device, the administrator selects a destination registered in the administrator's address book or newly sets a transmission destination. , May be registered in the address book of the administrator. As described above, when the administrator operates the address book as a user, it is preferable to preferentially display the "personal address book" of the administrator instead of the "address book for the administrator". It is preferable from the viewpoint of sex.

  However, when the administrator operates the address book for setting for the device, such as transfer settings to the device, not for transmission of the device itself, the operation screen of the device displays the administrator's “personal address book "Is preferentially displayed from the viewpoint of operability. This is because the "personal address book" of the administrator has registered the address to be used when the administrator transmits using the device, so when configuring the device, the administrator This is because it is preferable to display the “personal address book”. As described above, even when the same operator (administrator) is used to display the address book registered when the operator operates the device, the operator can respond to the operation of the device which the operator is trying to perform. It is preferable to display the registered address book. However, switching the display of the address book according to the operation purpose of the operator is not considered.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems of the prior art.

  The feature of the present invention is to provide an operation environment that is easy for the operator to operate by switching the display of the address book according to the case where the operator operates as the administrator and the case where the user operates the device. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, an image communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention has the following arrangement. That is,
An image communication apparatus including a storage unit and a display unit and having a transmission function of transmitting image data to a specified destination,
Management means for managing destination information in a plurality of address books including an address book for administrators in the storage unit;
A control unit configured to control display of an address book to be initially displayed on the display unit when the user of the image communication apparatus performs setting when using the transmission function;
The control means
(1) When the user of the image communication apparatus performs transmission setting of the image data by the transmission function of the previous SL initial display a list of the user can specify the destination of all the address book managed by the management means And
(2) a user of said image communication apparatus, an administrator, and, when setting the transfer destination to be used when the image data is automatically transferred by the image communication apparatus, before SL Management A list of addresses in the administrator address book managed by the means is initially displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically switch the address book to be displayed according to the case where the operator uses the device for transmission or registration in the address book and the case where the operator operates the address book as the administrator. it can.

  Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the attached drawings, the same or similar configurations are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The accompanying drawings are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a multi-function multifunction peripheral (MFP) that is an example of an image communication apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of software that controls the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system including a multifunction peripheral according to a first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a top view of an operation unit of the multifunction machine according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a scan operation screen displayed on the operation unit when the user presses a “scan” button on the screen of FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book display screen displayed on the operation unit of the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of an address book display screen displayed on the operation unit when “administrator address book” is selected from the pull-down button on the screen of FIG. 6 (B). FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of destination information managed by a destination management unit, stored in the memory of the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transfer destination setting screen and a registration screen displayed on the display unit of the operation unit of the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart for explaining address book display processing in the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment; 6 is a flowchart for explaining processing in which the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment reads a document and transmits image data to a destination designated by a user. 6 is a flowchart for describing processing for transferring document data received by the multifunction peripheral according to the first embodiment to a designated transfer destination. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an e-mail destination registration screen displayed on the display unit of the operation unit of the multifunction peripheral according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining processing for registering a destination in an address book by the multifunction peripheral according to the second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining address book display processing in a multifunction peripheral according to a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining address book display processing in a multifunction peripheral according to a third embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the present invention according to the claims, and all combinations of the features described in the embodiments are not necessarily essential to the solution means of the present invention. .

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the arrangement of a multifunction peripheral (MFP) 100 which is an example of the image communication apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The MFP 100 includes an image forming unit 101 that forms (records) an image on a recording sheet by a recording method such as an electrophotographic method, and a control unit 102 that controls the operation of the MFP 100. The image processing apparatus further includes a finisher 103 that performs post-processing such as stapling, a scanner unit 104 that reads an original and generates and outputs image data of the original, and an operation unit 105 that inputs various data and commands. It also includes a network interface (I / F) 106 for transmitting and receiving image data via a network, a facsimile interface 107 for transmitting and receiving facsimile data, and a card reader 110 for authenticating a user who uses the apparatus. These are each connected to the control unit 102 via a dedicated interface. When the user is authenticated using the card reader 110, the user has his / her own authentication card, and the card reader 110 reads the card to permit use of the multifunction device 100. You can identify if you are a user.

  The control unit 102 also includes a central processing unit (CPU) 108, a storage unit (memory) 109, a RAM 111, and the like. The CPU 108 expands a program installed in the memory 109 in the RAM 111 and executes the expanded program to execute processing to be described later. The memory 109 also stores a control program of a setting dialog box to be described later, contents in which operation screen information is described, and the like.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining the configuration of software for controlling the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment.

  The UI control unit 201 displays an operation screen on the operation unit 105 and controls a user interface (UI) that receives a user operation. The scan control unit 202 controls the scanner unit 104 to control the process of reading an original. The transmission control unit 203 controls processing for transmitting the image data obtained under the control of the scan control unit 202 to the destination specified by the user via the network interface 106. Specifically, it controls transmission of e-mail and transmission to a file server or the like. The fax control unit 204 controls transmission and reception of G3 fax using the facsimile interface 107. The job control unit 205 manages a transmission request from the user received by the UI control unit 201, and its execution state and history. An image management unit 206 manages information of image data obtained by the scanner unit 104 reading a document. The destination management unit 207 manages destination information of a transmission destination used in transmission processing. Based on the information read by the card reader 110, the authentication control unit 208 identifies a user who uses the multifunction device 100, and manages information about the user. The transfer management unit 209 manages transfer conditions for transferring the document data to the designated transfer destination according to the contents of the received document data. The print control unit 210 controls the image forming unit 101 to print the image data obtained by the scanner unit 104, the received fax document, the transmission result report, and the like. A program for realizing these functions is stored in the memory 109, and the CPU 108 develops the program in the RAM 111 and executes the program to achieve the above-mentioned functions.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system including the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the first embodiment.

A file server 302 is a transmission destination of the image data obtained by the scanner unit 104, and is connected to the multifunction peripheral 100 via the network 301. The G3 fax machine 303 is connected to the multifunction machine 100 via the public line network 304. The user can transmit a document or image data to a desired destination by specifying the transmission destination and the detailed setting at the time of transmission from the operation screen of the MFP 100 described later.

  FIG. 4 is a top view of the operation unit 105 of the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment.

  The display unit 401 has a touch panel function, and displays an application selection button (menu screen) for calling an operation screen in accordance with a user's instruction. In this example, a “copy” button 406, a “scan” button 407, a “fax” button 408, and a “box” button 409 are displayed for calling the operation screen of the copy function, the network scan function, the fax function, and the box function.

  The operation unit 105 also has a ten-key pad 402, a start key 403 for instructing the start of a job, a "setting / registration" button 404 for calling a device setting screen, and a "history / status" button 405 for calling a job history / status screen. It is arranged. The operation unit 105 includes hardware keys and display buttons other than the above, but these are omitted here.

  FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a scan operation screen displayed on the operation unit 105 when the user presses the “scan” button 407 on the screen of FIG.

  By touching the item of the destination input button 501, the user can specify a destination as a transmission destination. Here, the destination can be input using any of “address book”, “one touch” and “new destination”. When the user presses an “address book” button 504, an address book is displayed, and a desired destination can be selected from a plurality of destinations registered in the address book. A reading setting button group 502 is used to set a reading resolution by the scanner unit 104, a color mode, and the like. In the example of FIG. 5, the resolution is set to “300 × 300 dpi”, the color mode is set to “full color”, the document size is set to “automatic”, and the transmission data is set to “PDF”. The application function button 503 is used to read an original and to call various detailed settings when transmitting image data.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an address book display screen displayed on the operation unit 105 of the multifunction peripheral 100 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 6A shows an example of an address book display screen displayed on the operation unit 105 when the user presses the “address book” button 504 instructing reading of the address book on the screen of FIG. 5. It is.

  Reference numeral 601 denotes the title of this screen, which is an "address book" here. The destination list 602 shows a list of destinations registered in this address book. When all of a plurality of destinations registered in the address book cannot be displayed in the destination list 602, the display can be scrolled up and down by the scroll bar 606. A pull-down button 603 is an address book switching button for switching the target address book displayed on this screen. In the example of FIG. 6A, it is "all address books" that displays all the address books currently registered in the multifunction device 100. A “Register” button 604 is a button for calling a screen for registering new destination information in the address book. An “edit” button 605 is a button for calling a screen for editing information of a destination selected by the user from the destination list 602.

  FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of a state in which the user designates the pull-down button 603 and displays a list of address books on the screen of FIG. 6A.

  Here, “All Address Book”, which displays the destinations registered in all the address books, “Personal Address Book”, which is the user's personal address book, and the shared address book as options for displaying the address book. A certain “address book 1” to “address book 5” are included. Also included is an “administrator address book” that cannot be edited by users other than the administrator and can only be edited by the administrator. The "administrator address book" may be referred to only by the administrator, and may not be referred to by users other than the administrator. In this case, users other than the administrator may not be able to select the “administrator's address book” in the pull-down button 603.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of an address book display screen displayed on the operation unit 105 when “administrator's address book” is selected from the pull-down button 603 on the screen of FIG. 6 (B). Here, parts common to FIG. 6 are denoted by the same symbols.

  Here, a list of address books registered in the “manager address book” is displayed in the destination list 602. Further, when the user who is operating does not have administrator authority, the “register” button 604 and the “edit” button 605 are grayed out so that the user can not operate.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of destination information managed by the destination management unit 207, which is stored in the memory 109 of the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment.

  The destination information has a user information management area 801 for managing information of a user who uses the destination information, and a personal address book area 802 for storing destination information for each user. It also includes an administrator's address book area 803 where destination information that only the administrator can register and edit is stored, and a shared address book area 804 where destination information shared by users who use the device is stored.

  The personal address book area 802 is divided into address book areas dedicated to each user. This example includes a user 1 address book area 805 for storing destination information for user 1 and a user 2 address book area 806 for storing destination information for user 2.

  FIG. 9 is a view showing an example of a setting screen and a registration screen of a transfer destination displayed on the display unit 401 of the operation unit 105 according to the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9A is a view showing an example of a transfer destination setting screen displayed on the display unit 401 of the operation unit 105 according to the first embodiment. This screen is displayed by the user pressing a setting / registration button 404 for calling a setting screen for the MFP 100 on the screen shown in FIG. 4A.

  The transfer setting list 901 displays a list of transfer destinations registered in the MFP 100 and managed by the transfer management unit 209 and stored in the memory 109. A “register” button 902 is a button for instructing to open a screen for registering a new transfer destination.

  FIG. 9B is a view showing an example of a transfer destination setting registration screen displayed when the “registration” button 902 in FIG. 9A is pressed.

  When the user presses a “transfer destination setting” button 903 on this screen, a screen of an administrator's address book shown in FIG. 7 is displayed.

  Hereinafter, processing for displaying the address book in response to a display request for the address book by the user will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating address book display processing in the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment. Note that the program for executing this processing is stored in the memory 109, and is expanded in the runtime RAM 111 and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the processing shown in this flowchart is achieved.

  This process is started by the user holding a card for user authentication over the card reader 110 or inputting a user name and a password on the user authentication screen displayed on the operation unit 105, and the CPU 108 executes this information in S1001. Use to authenticate the user. Next, in step S1002, the CPU 108 determines whether the user can use the device, that is, whether the user has been successfully authenticated. If the user authentication fails here, the process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if it is determined that the user authentication has succeeded, the process advances to step S1003 and the CPU 108 receives, from the operation unit 105, a display request for the address book by the user. This is done, for example, when the "address book" button 504 is pressed on the operation screen shown in FIG. 5, or when the "transfer destination setting" button 903 is pressed on the screen for setting the transfer destination shown in FIG. It corresponds to

If the display request for the address book is received, the process advances to step S1004 and the CPU 108 determines whether the user authenticated in step S1001 is the administrator. If it is determined that the user is an administrator, the process proceeds to S1005. If not, the process proceeds to S1008. In step S1005, the CPU 108 determines whether the display request for the address book received in step S1003 is for the user to operate the MFP 100 to transmit data, or for apparatus setting for the MFP 100, for example, setting of a transfer destination. Determine Specifically, in S1005, the CPU 108 receives an address book display request by the “address book” button 504 in the operation screen of FIG. 5, or “transfer destination setting of the screen for setting the transfer destination of FIG. 9B”. ”Button 903 to determine whether or not it has been accepted. If it is determined that the display request of the address book is received by the “address book” button 504 on the operation screen of FIG. 5, the user operates the MFP 100 to transmit it based on the user's instruction. Therefore, CPU 106 advances the process to S100 8. When it is determined that the address book display request is received by the “transfer destination setting” button 903 on the screen for setting the transfer destination in FIG. 9B, the setting is for the multifunction device 100. Therefore, CPU 108 advances the process to S100 6.

  In S1006, the CPU 108 sets the initial value of the address book display in the "administrator address book". Then, in step S1007, the CPU 108 sets the initial setting of the display target address book as the "administrator address book", displays the administrator address book on the operation unit 105 as shown in FIG. finish.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S1008, the CPU 108 sets the initial value of the address book display in "all address books" for displaying a list of all registered destinations, and proceeds to step S1007. Then, in step S1007, the CPU 108 sets the initial setting of the display target address book to "all address books", and displays all registered address books on the operation unit 105 as shown in FIG. 6A, for example. End this process.

  Thus, for example, when the user presses the address book button 504 in order to set the transmission destination of the scanned image data from the scan operation screen of FIG. 5, “all addresses as shown in FIG. Book is displayed initially. Alternatively, in the operation screen of FIG. 9B, when the “transfer destination setting” button 903 is pressed to perform transfer setting of the MFP 100, as shown in FIG. 7, the “administrator address book” is displayed. Initially displayed.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining processing in which the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment reads an original and transmits image data to a destination designated by the user. Note that the program for executing this processing is stored in the memory 109, and is expanded in the runtime RAM 111 and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the processing shown in this flowchart is achieved.

  In S1101 and S1102, user authentication is performed as in S1001 and S1002 of FIG. If the user is successfully authenticated in S1102, the process proceeds to S1103, and the CPU 108 acquires the transmission destination selected or input by the user operating the destination input button 501 in FIG. Next, in step S1104, the CPU 108 acquires the reading setting by the scanner unit 104 set by, for example, the reading setting button group 502 in FIG. Next, in step S1105, the CPU 108 determines whether the start key 403 of the operation unit 105 is pressed. If it is determined that the start key 403 is pressed, the transmission request is accepted because the transmission request is made. In step S1106, the CPU 108 controls the scanner unit 104 to read an original according to the reading setting acquired in step S1104, transmits image data obtained by reading the original to the transmission destination received in step S1103, and transmits the image data. End the process.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating processing for transferring the document data received by the MFP 100 according to the first embodiment to a designated transfer destination. Note that the program for executing this processing is stored in the memory 109, and is expanded in the runtime RAM 111 and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the processing shown in this flowchart is achieved.

  First, in step S 1201, when the CPU 108 receives an incoming call of a facsimile document via the facsimile I / F 107, the transmitted facsimile document data is received and stored in the memory 109. In step S1202, the CPU 108 determines whether the transfer of the document data is necessary with reference to the transfer setting. In step S1203, the CPU 108 refers to the received document data and the set transfer setting, and determines whether it is necessary to transfer the received document data. If it is determined that transfer is unnecessary, the process advances to step S1206 to print the document data using the image forming unit 101, and the process ends. On the other hand, if it is determined that the document data needs to be transferred, the process advances to step S 1204 to acquire the transfer destination to which the document data is transferred from the referred transfer setting. In step S1205, the CPU 108 transmits the document data to the acquired transfer destination, and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, when the user displays an address book to set a transmission destination to which data is to be transmitted from the multifunction peripheral, the “all address books” have a wide selection range of the transmission destination. Is displayed initially. On the other hand, for example, when the administrator performs transfer setting on the apparatus, the “administrator's address book” whose address is limited is initially displayed. Thus, the initial screen of the appropriate address book can be presented according to the operation purpose of the user who operates the multifunction device 100, so that the operability of the user can be improved. Note that after initial display on the address book display screen of FIG. 6 or FIG. 7, the user or the administrator can display another address book by the pull-down button 603.

  In the present embodiment, whether the display request for the address book is accepted by the “address book” button 504 in the operation screen in FIG. 5 or “transfer destination setting in the screen for setting the transfer destination in FIG. The example in which it is determined whether or not it has been accepted by the “” button 903 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the CPU 108 may determine via what screen the display request for the address book is received. Specifically, the CPU 108 may determine whether it has been accepted via the scan operation screen of FIG. 5 or via the display screen of the address book of FIG. 7.

[Embodiment 2]
In the first embodiment, the example in which the initial screen of the address book is set according to the operation purpose of the user who selects the transmission destination is shown. On the other hand, when the user registers the transmission destination in the address book, the operability can be further improved by presenting the appropriate address book to the user according to the operation purpose of the user. Hereinafter, this example will be described in the second embodiment. The hardware configuration, system configuration, and the like of the multifunction device 100 according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail destination registration screen displayed on the display unit 401 of the operation unit 105 according to the second embodiment. This screen is displayed by the user pressing the “register” button 604 of the address book on the screen of FIG. 6 and selecting an e-mail as the registration destination protocol.

  In FIG. 13A, "personal address book" is selected as the address book of the registration destination. In FIG. 13A, reference numeral 1301 denotes the title of this screen. The pull-down 1302 is an address book switching pull-down for selecting an address book of a registration destination, and in this case, “personal address book” is selected.

  Here, the user may operate the address book switching pull-down 1302 to display a list of address books and select a desired address book from among them, as in the case of selecting the destination described in FIG. 6B. it can. The list of address books displayed here includes all the address books, personal address books, shared address books, address books 1 to 5, and administrator address books, as in FIG. 6B described above. There is. However, the administrator's address book is hidden when the operating user does not have administrator authority.

  In FIG. 13A, a personal address book is selected, and an entry field 1303 for the name of a destination to be registered in the personal address book, and an area 1304 for registering an e-mail address as a transmission destination are displayed.

  FIG. 13B is a diagram showing an example of an e-mail destination registration screen in which “administrator address book” is selected as the registration destination address book.

  Here, although an example of an e-mail destination is shown as an example of a registrable destination, the registration screen of the transmission destination to the file server and the registration screen of the fax transmission destination are similarly the address book switching pull-down 1302 It can switch by operating. Similarly, FIG. 13B also displays a destination name input field 1305 to be registered in the manager address book and an area 1306 for registering an e-mail address as a transmission destination.

  Next, processing for registering a designated destination in response to a registration request for the user to register a transmission destination in the address book will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart for explaining processing of registering a destination in the address book in the MFP 100 according to the second embodiment. Note that the program for executing this processing is stored in the memory 109, and is expanded in the runtime RAM 111 and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the processing shown in this flowchart is achieved.

  First, in step S1401, the user holds a card for user authentication over the card reader 110, or inputs a user name and a password on the user authentication screen displayed on the operation unit 105. Thus, the CPU 108 authenticates the user using the input information. In step S1402, the CPU 108 determines whether the user has been successfully authenticated, that is, whether the user can use the multifunction device 100. If the user authentication succeeds, the process advances to step S1403; otherwise, the process ends.

  In step S1403, the CPU 108 receives, from the user, a registration request for the destination in the address book. For example, it is determined that the destination registration is requested by the user pressing the “register” button 604 on the screen of FIG. 6A or 7 and selecting the transmission protocol to be registered on the screen (not shown). . In this way, when the destination registration request is received, the process advances to step S1404, and the CPU 108 determines whether the user who has performed the authentication in step S1401 is a manager. If it is determined that the user is the administrator, the process advances to step S1405; otherwise, the process advances to step S1409. In step S1405, the CPU 108 sets the destination registration request accepted in step S1403 for the user to operate the MFP 100 for transmission or for the MFP 100 to perform transfer transmission. Determine if it is. That is, here, when the user presses the “address book” button 504 on the scan operation screen of FIG. 5 and instructs destination registration by the registration button 604, for example, the user can input the MFP 100 based on the user's instruction. It is determined that it is for operation and transmission. On the other hand, for example, when the address book is opened from the transfer setting screen of FIG. 9 and the “register” button 902 is instructed, it is determined that the setting is for the MFP 100 to transmit. If it is determined in S1405 that the setting is for the multifunction peripheral, the process advances to S1406; otherwise, the process advances to S1409. As in the first embodiment, the determination in step S1405 may be performed based on the button for which registration of the destination is instructed or the type of screen on which the button is pressed.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 7, in step S1406, the CPU 108 sets the initial display of the registration destination address book to the “administrator address book”, and proceeds to step S1407. On the other hand, in S1409, the CPU 108 sets the initial display of the registration destination address book in the "personal address book", which is an address book for user personal use, as shown in FIG. 6A, for example, and proceeds to S1407. In step S1407, the CPU 108 displays a registration screen using the address book set in step S1406 or S1409 as a registration destination address book, and receives destination information such as a registration destination, a destination name, and a destination address input by the user. Thus, when the destination information is received, the process advances to step S1408, and the CPU 108 registers the received destination information in the designated address book, and ends this processing.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the user presses the address book button to register a destination on the scan operation screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 13A, the “personal address book” is initially set. Is displayed. On the other hand, for example, in FIG. 9B, when the “transfer destination setting” button 903 is pressed to set the transfer destination in the multifunction device 100, for example, as shown in FIG. Book is displayed initially.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the user registers a personal address in the address book and when the administrator sets the transfer destination for the device in the address book, the address book to be registered is changed. , Can be switched automatically and displayed according to each. This saves the user from having to select an address book in which the destination is to be registered, and prevents the occurrence of a situation in which the destination is mistakenly registered in the address book not intended by the user.

[Embodiment 3]
In the first embodiment described above, an example has been described in which the initial screen of the address book is changed according to the purpose of the user who selects the transmission destination. However, from the viewpoint of security etc., it is also conceivable to limit the address book to be displayed according to the user's operation, so the third embodiment for dealing with this will be described. The hardware configuration, system configuration, and the like of the multifunction device 100 according to the third embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart for describing an address book display process in the MFP 100 according to the third embodiment. Note that the program for executing this processing is stored in the memory 109, and is expanded in the runtime RAM 111 and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the processing shown in this flowchart is achieved.

  The processes of S1501 to S1505 in FIG. 15 are the same as S1001 to S1005 in FIG. In step S <b> 1505, the CPU 108 determines whether the address book display request received in step S <b> 1503 is to be transmitted by the user as an operator or to be set in the device for transmission performed by the device. If the CPU 108 determines in step S1505 that the device setting for the multifunction device 100 is set, the process advances to step S1506 to restrict the displayable address book to the “administrator address book”, and the process advances to step S1507. Here, when the displayable address book is limited to “manager address book”, it is not permitted to switch the display to an address book other than “manager address book”. For example, the items in the address book other than the “administrator's address book” may be grayed out by the pull-down menu 603 so that the items can not be selected.

  If it is determined in S1504 that the user is not the administrator, or if it is determined in S1505 that the user operates the MFP 100 to select an address for transmission, the process advances to S1508. In S1508, the CPU 108 limits the displayable address book to “personal address book” and proceeds to S1507. In step S1507, the CPU 108 displays the address book set in step S1506 or S1508 on the operation unit 105. Here, when the address book that can be displayed is limited to the “personal address book”, the display is not permitted to be switched to an address book other than the “personal address book”. For example, the items in the address book other than the “personal address book” may be grayed out by the pull-down menu 603 so that they can not be selected.

  In the third embodiment, an example is shown in which the address book displayed when selecting a destination is limited. However, also when the destination is registered in the address book, an address displayed according to the user's operation purpose. You may switch the book.

  According to the third embodiment, when the user is not the administrator or when the user operates the device and registers the destination to be transmitted in the address book, the personal address book of the authenticated user is displayed. As a result, compared to the case where all address books are displayed to the user as in the above-described embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent leakage of the address book and incorrect editing.

Fourth Embodiment
When the operator of the MFP 100 is not the sender, the MFP 100 notifies the user of the end of the job by electronic mail, or when the document is stored in the device, the MFP 100 saves the document. The user may be notified of the save destination URL. As described above, when notifying the user of the result of the processing performed by the multifunction peripheral 100, the operator is often the recipient. Therefore, when notifying the user of the result of the process performed by the multifunction device 100, it is considered that the display of the address book is more convenient if it is not the "administrator address book". Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, this problem is solved by displaying the address book in the case of notifying the user of the result of the process performed by the multifunction device 100 as "all address books". The hardware configuration, system configuration, and the like of the multifunction device 100 according to the fourth embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining address book display processing in the MFP 100 according to the fourth embodiment. A program for executing this process is stored in the memory 109, expanded in the execution time RAM 111, and executed under the control of the CPU 108, whereby the process shown in the flowchart is achieved.

  Since S1601 to S1605 in FIG. 16 are the same as S1001 to S1005 in FIG. 10 described above, the description thereof is omitted. In step S <b> 1606, the CPU 108 determines whether to notify the user of the result of processing performed by the multifunction peripheral 100. Here, for example, it is determined whether or not the user presses the “applied function” button 503 on the scan operation screen of FIG. 5 to set a destination for notifying the end of the job. In step S1606, if the CPU determines that it is a case of setting a destination when notifying the user of the result of the processing performed by the multifunction peripheral 100, the process advances to step S1609. The address book is set, and the process proceeds to S1608. On the other hand, if it is determined in S1606 that the destination is not set to notify the processing result, the process proceeds to S1607, and the CPU 108 sets the address book to be displayed to “manager address book” and proceeds to S1608. In step S1608, the CPU 108 displays the address book set in step S1607 or S1609 on the operation unit 105 as an initial display, and ends this processing.

  In the fourth embodiment, even when the operator is not the sender but selects the destination to be sent by the MFP, when setting the notification destination of the processing result, “not the“ address book for administrator ”but“ "All address book". As a result, an address book with a wider selection range can be presented to the user, and the operability for the user can be improved. This is because, for example, when the MFP 100 notifies the user of the end of the job by e-mail, the user's address is likely to be stored in the general address book instead of the management address book. is there.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus via a network or storage medium, and one or more processors in a computer of the system or apparatus read and execute the program. Can also be realized. It can also be realized by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that realizes one or more functions.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the following claims are attached to disclose the scope of the present invention.

  100: complex machine, 101: image forming unit, 102: control unit, 104: scanner unit, 105: operation unit, 108: CPU, 109: memory, 111: RAM, 401: display unit, 504: address book button, 604 , 902 ... Registration button, 903 ... Transfer destination setting button

Claims (10)

An image communication apparatus including a storage unit and a display unit and having a transmission function of transmitting image data to a specified destination,
Management means for managing destination information in a plurality of address books including an address book for administrators in the storage unit;
A control unit configured to control display of an address book to be initially displayed on the display unit when the user of the image communication apparatus performs setting when using the transmission function;
The control means
(1) When the user of the image communication apparatus performs transmission setting of the image data by the transmission function of the previous SL initial display a list of the user can specify the destination of all the address book managed by the management means And
(2) a user of said image communication apparatus, an administrator, and, when setting the transfer destination to be used when the image data is automatically transferred by the image communication apparatus, before SL Management An image communication apparatus that initially displays a list of addresses in an administrator address book managed by the means. The control means according to claim 1, characterized in that the user is not a manager, the user of all the address book managed by the previous SL management means initially displays a list of available designated destination Image communication device. Wherein, the screen that the user of the image communication apparatus performs transmission setting of the image data by the transmission function, when the operation of registering the address information in the address book has been made by the user, prior SL Management 3. The image communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a personal address book of the user different from the administrator's address book managed by the means is displayed as a registration destination address book . When the user of the image communication apparatus is the administrator and the user performs an operation for registering destination information in the address book from the screen for setting the transfer destination, the control means The image communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an address book for administrators managed by the management means is displayed as an address book of a registration destination. An image communication apparatus including a storage unit and a display unit and having a transmission function of transmitting image data to a specified destination,
Management means for managing destination information in a plurality of address books including an address book for administrators in the storage unit;
A control unit configured to control display of an address book to be initially displayed on the display unit when the user of the image communication apparatus performs setting when using the transmission function;
Wherein,
(1) When the user of the image communication apparatus performs transmission setting of the image data by the transmission function, a list of destinations that can be designated by the user of all the address books managed by the management means is initially displayed ,
(2) When the user of the image communication apparatus is an administrator and performs setting of a destination at the time of notifying a result of processing in the image communication apparatus, all of the management means managed by the management means Initially display a list of destinations that can be specified by the user in the address book,
(3) When the user of the image communication apparatus is an administrator and the transfer destination used when the image communication apparatus automatically transfers image data is set, the management means An image communication apparatus characterized by initially displaying a list of addresses in an administrator address book managed by. Wherein the notification of the result of the processing in the image communication apparatus, image communication apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that a notification of the destination URL of the document as a result of the process of saving the document . The image communication apparatus further includes a scanner,
The image communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein image data generated using the scanner can be transmitted by the transmission function. A control method in an image communication apparatus comprising a storage unit and a display unit and having a transmission function of transmitting image data to a specified destination,
In the storage unit, a management step of managing destination information with a plurality of address books including an address book for managers;
A control step of controlling display of an address book to be initially displayed on the display unit when the user of the image communication apparatus performs setting when using the transmission function;
In the control step,
(1) the image when the user of the communication device to set the transmission of the image data by the transmission function, before Symbol initial list of all the address book of the user can specify a destination that is managed by the storage unit Display
(2) a user of said image communication apparatus, an administrator, and, when setting the transfer destination to be used when the image data is automatically transferred by the image communication apparatus, before term memory A control method characterized by performing control to initially display a list of destinations of an administrator's address book managed by a unit. A control method in an image communication apparatus comprising a storage unit and a display unit and having a transmission function of transmitting image data to a specified destination,
In the storage unit, a management step of managing destination information with a plurality of address books including an address book for managers;
A control step of controlling display of an address book to be initially displayed on the display unit when the user of the image communication apparatus performs setting when using the transmission function;
In the control step ,
(1) When the user of the image communication apparatus performs transmission setting of the image data by the transmission function, the initial display and a list of the user can specify the destination of all the address book managed by the storage unit ,
(2) When the user of the image communication apparatus is an administrator and performs setting of a destination at the time of notifying a result of processing in the image communication apparatus, all the items managed by the storage unit Initially display a list of destinations that can be specified by the user in the address book,
(3) When the user of the image communication apparatus is an administrator, and the transfer destination used when the image communication apparatus automatically transfers image data is set, the storage unit A control method characterized in that a list of addresses in an administrator address book managed in step 1 is initially displayed. The program for functioning a computer as each means of the image communication apparatus of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7 .

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